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<v Speaker 1>Caloroga Shark Media, hed.

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<v Speaker 2>Loo and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I am your host

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<v Speaker 2>mark for ancis A happy forty fourth birthday to Meghan,

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<v Speaker 2>Duchess of Sussex. Prince Harry is expected to do something

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<v Speaker 2>extra special to mark the day. Grant Harold, who worked

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<v Speaker 2>for King Charles between two thousand and four and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>eleven and new Harry during that time, told Hart Pingo,

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<v Speaker 2>he's quite generous. I think you'll go down the route

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<v Speaker 2>of buying her jewelry or taking her away on holiday.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure it will be something extra special. The royal

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<v Speaker 2>family are famous for quirky, fun presence, so who knows.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he might get her a piece of land on

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<v Speaker 2>the moon, or he might get her title as a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a joke, something a little bit quirky, a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit fun. As for public recognition, the royal family

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<v Speaker 2>is not expected to officially mark Meghan's birthday on this

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<v Speaker 2>social media channels, as they typically reserve such acknowledgments for

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<v Speaker 2>working royals or milestone occasions. Still, Herald expects these Sussexes

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<v Speaker 2>to highlight the day in their own way. They will

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<v Speaker 2>try to make people aware it's her birthday. Because it's

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<v Speaker 2>nice to get birthday wishes, and everyone deserves birthday wishes,

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<v Speaker 2>he said. The Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle brand is said

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<v Speaker 2>to appear in two new Netflix House retail locations, one

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<v Speaker 2>in Philadelphia's King of Prussia Mall, the other in Dallas's Galleria.

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<v Speaker 2>While fans may be thrilled to see some of her

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seven dollarish products back on the shelves, critics have

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<v Speaker 2>pointed out that the store workers selling those goods could

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<v Speaker 2>be earning less per hour than the items themselves. Netflix

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<v Speaker 2>House's advertising roles starting at about twenty dollars, prompting questions

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<v Speaker 2>about how much the Duchess is profiting while frontline employees

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<v Speaker 2>are earning comparatively modest wages. Megan appears to have quietly

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<v Speaker 2>shelved to get another side project, as her curated shopping

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<v Speaker 2>page on shop Mai has gone without an update for

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<v Speaker 2>over ten weeks. Meghan launched the account earlier this year

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<v Speaker 2>as a way to share her favorite beauty, fashion and

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<v Speaker 2>lifestyle products, personally recommending items like a two hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty dollars straw panama hat from Rag and Bone and

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<v Speaker 2>a one hundred five dollars a line skirt from Blues Owl. Initially,

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<v Speaker 2>posts came almost weekly, offering fans a peeking to her

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<v Speaker 2>closet and consumer tastes, but after a flurry of activity,

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<v Speaker 2>the uploads stopped, with her last post now more than

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<v Speaker 2>two months old. In a new interview with Yahoo Lifestyle,

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<v Speaker 2>Australian Martha Stewart commented on the comparisons being made between herself,

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<v Speaker 2>Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan, remarking, Meghan, I don't really know

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<v Speaker 2>very well and I hope she knows what she's talking about. Authenticity,

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<v Speaker 2>to me is everything, and to be authentic and knowledgeable

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<v Speaker 2>about your subject matter is extremely important. Sophie, Duchess of

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<v Speaker 2>Edinburgh's reportedly quite content with one particular perk of her

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<v Speaker 2>recent title upgrade. No longer needing to Curtsey to Meghan Markel.

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<v Speaker 2>After years as the Countess of Wessex Aunt, Sophie elevated

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<v Speaker 2>to Duchess of Edinburgh, a move that has reshuffled the

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<v Speaker 2>royal packing order. According to Hello magazine, the secret weapon

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<v Speaker 2>is said to be relieved by one aspect, in particular

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<v Speaker 2>her days of dipping to Meghan and now behind her.

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<v Speaker 2>A friend of the Duchess told reporters she no longer

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<v Speaker 2>has to curtsey to someone in the family who has

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<v Speaker 2>not only left royal duties, but has spent the past

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<v Speaker 2>three years criticizing the institution that Sophie works so hard

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<v Speaker 2>to support. Until recently, Meghan's marriage to Prince Harry placed

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<v Speaker 2>her above Sophie in precedence. Despite the Sussexes stepping back

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<v Speaker 2>from official duties in twenty twenty, that hierarchy meant Sophie

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<v Speaker 2>still a working royal was expected to curtsey when encountering

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<v Speaker 2>Meghan at formal occasions. Sarah Ferguson is back in the

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<v Speaker 2>business game, this time swapping Pallace engagements for parenting essentials

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<v Speaker 2>as she ventures into the baby care market. Fergie told

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<v Speaker 2>the Male I created an eco friendly nappy. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's very exciting being a grandmother because the more grandchildren

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<v Speaker 2>I have, the more urgency there is for compostible diapers. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>King Charles is bringing his signature countryside style to the

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<v Speaker 2>canine world with a launch of fifty eight dollar tweed

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<v Speaker 2>dog coats, now available through the Sandringham Estate Shop. Dubbed

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<v Speaker 2>the Happy Hound Coat, the item is crafted in Sandringham

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<v Speaker 2>Royal tweed and lined with sherper fleece for warmth. It

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<v Speaker 2>features a brown collar and Belton comes in a small

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<v Speaker 2>medium in large size, designed according to the shop's description

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<v Speaker 2>for frosty winter walks and elegant parkland outings. A notice

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<v Speaker 2>in the shop reads, Sandringham's loyal and trusted doggy visitors

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<v Speaker 2>to the Royal Parkland have been the inspiration for this collection.

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<v Speaker 2>The coats are handmade in the UK and marketed as stylish,

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<v Speaker 2>water resistant and machine washable. Known for his lifelong affection

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<v Speaker 2>for tweed, the King has worn one of his favorite

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<v Speaker 2>Herringbude coats since nineteen eighty six. Men died over the years,

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<v Speaker 2>but still regularly seen on Christmas mornings Sandringham. Now, thanks

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<v Speaker 2>to this latest offering, royal dogs can match their monarch

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<v Speaker 2>in sartorial splendor, and even Martha Stewart can agree the

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<v Speaker 2>King is being authentic more palace in just a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>A dramatic museum heist in Paris has led to a

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<v Speaker 2>three million pound insurance payout to the Royal Collection Trust

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<v Speaker 2>after two royal treasures were stolen during a brazen daylight

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<v Speaker 2>robbery last November. The items both eighteenth century snuff boxes

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<v Speaker 2>of exceptional value had been a loan to cognact Jay

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<v Speaker 2>Museum as part of an exhibition on luxury miniatures. One

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<v Speaker 2>of the stolen pieces, a fabric royal snuff box entrusted

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<v Speaker 2>with nearly three thousand diamonds, had once belonged to the

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<v Speaker 2>Russian royal family and was acquired by Queen Mary in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen thirty two. The other featured a cameo of the

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<v Speaker 2>birth of Venus. According to Lemon, the theft was carried

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<v Speaker 2>out by four masked men who arrived on scooters and

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<v Speaker 2>used an axe to smash into the display cases, startling

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<v Speaker 2>visitors who witnessed the raid. The Royal Collections Trust newly

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<v Speaker 2>published account confirms that received three million dollars in for

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<v Speaker 2>the loss, noting the funds will be placed in a

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<v Speaker 2>designated account for the enhancement of the collection. The robbery

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<v Speaker 2>impacted not just British holdings. The Lieure and Versailles also

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<v Speaker 2>had items on display during the same exhibition. Meanwhile, back home,

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<v Speaker 2>the Royal Collection Trust is reporting record breaking attendance figures.

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<v Speaker 2>Buckingham Palace welcomed six hundred and eighty three thousand visitors

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<v Speaker 2>during its summer opening things, in part to the unveiling

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<v Speaker 2>of the renovated east wing. Windsor Castle remained the top drawer,

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<v Speaker 2>attracting only one point four million people. Overall, Royal palaces

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<v Speaker 2>and exhibitions saw two point nine million visitors over the year,

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<v Speaker 2>generating nearly nineteen million pounds in revenue and producing profits

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<v Speaker 2>of almost fourteen million pounds. The Trust has also expanded

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<v Speaker 2>access efforts, offering one pound tickets to those receiving Universal

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<v Speaker 2>Credit and other benefits, nearly twenty thousand of which were

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<v Speaker 2>sold at Windsor and Hollywood House over just four months.

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<v Speaker 2>As the royal family continues to operate with a leaner

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<v Speaker 2>public freezing team under King Charles, speculation is growing about

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<v Speaker 2>whether certain well liked members might eventually step into more

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<v Speaker 2>visible roles, particularly Zara and Mike Tindall. Former royal butler

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<v Speaker 2>Grant Harold, who worked for King Charles when he was

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<v Speaker 2>still the Prince of Wales, believes it's unlikely the Tyndalls

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<v Speaker 2>will take on more royal duties anytime soon. They're not

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<v Speaker 2>currently working royals. Of course, we see them at events

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<v Speaker 2>and supporting the King, we always will, but as for

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<v Speaker 2>increasing their presence, I don't think they will, Harold told

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<v Speaker 2>Prime Casino. He added, I do think Mike is into that.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact that we see them more informally is what

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<v Speaker 2>I think makes them so likable. Zara and Mike are relatable,

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<v Speaker 2>while Charles appears committed to a slim down monarchy. Harold

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<v Speaker 2>left room for the future, suggesting Prince William might take

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<v Speaker 2>a different view once he becomes king. When William was

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<v Speaker 2>king and there is a younger royal family, who knows

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<v Speaker 2>there could be a different story. It's thought he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to keep it small going forward, but you never know.

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<v Speaker 2>One argument for adding more working royals would be that

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<v Speaker 2>the future King himself doesn't appear to like to do

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<v Speaker 2>much work, something Princess sand seems to be increasingly grumbling about.

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